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TIL there is a desk in the US Senate, operated by whichever senator sits there, that is traditionally stocked with candy of that senator’s choice to give out to other senators.

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rJke TIL there are at least 10 different types of Orca (Killer) Whales
Oj4 TIL that the translators of the King James Bible stole 83% of it from someone who was later strangled and burned at the stake…by King James.
yov8 TIL there is a guy who cycled 75,065 miles in one year in 1939. He then carried on to cycle 100,000 miles, and then had to relearn how to walk.
WrWL TIL that Hungary had a public online vote in 2006 to name a new bridge. Stephen Colbert mobilized his viewers and got 17 million votes to name the bridge “Stephen Colbert Bridge”. Hungary has a population of 10 million. Additional TIL: “Perl-Script Bridge” came in fifth.
Y7OGA TIL of Alice Kober, who helped decipher an ancient script known as Linear B. Over 20 years, she meticulously recorded her research in a collection of 180,000 index cards. The script was deciphered in 1952, shortly after her death. It remains the only Bronze Age Aegean script that is readable now.